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Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying visual & performing arts, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Visual & Performing Arts section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Visual & Performing Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

UT Austin Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Visual & Performing Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 43 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual & performing arts majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual & performing arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 61
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 114
White 171
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

UT Austin Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

64% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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Of the students who received a visual & performing arts master's degree from UT Austin, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 69
International Students 22
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual & performing arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music 140
Fine & Studio Arts 131
Drama & Theater Arts 102
General Visual & Performing Arts 84
Design & Applied Arts 82
Dance 19

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual & performing arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Managers 20,710 $122,130
Graphic Designers 13,480 $50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,240 $71,520
Producers and Directors 5,300 $69,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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